Comments Thread For: Carl Froch: Ward is Not Exciting, Fights are Quite Boring

[2501]

There is not balance you either win or you don't. If you can win and be what some call exciting then great but you win first all that other **** is secondary!

There can be balance in the way you win. Boxing became a major professional sport because it was exciting. Tell me, what has happened to the sport since fighters began to take less risks?

[Owlzfan84]

Exciting is what gets you watched and paid. There's always a balance between boring and exciting.

exactly. There is a reason why Froch is getting the bigger fight paydays right now and Ward isnt. He makes for good fights.

You can be technical and exciting. I think watching Floyd Mayweather is pretty exciting. Just for his sheer amount of skill, he also has the advantage of being a lot more charasmatic. Guys like Sweet Pea and James Toney were great to watch in their primes. They took chances in their fights and made things fun. Guys like Barerra and Morales are very skilled but are always exciting, because again, they take risks in the ring and go all out.

Ward is just not that type of guy. He's very similar to Hopkins. Plays it safe, clinches and smothers and leads with his head. He's a damn good boxer, but all his fights look the same and its not that is boring, it's just repetitive.

[Money_May]

I enjoy watching ward. He's fast he's accurate he's rough he's pretty much got it all. Those left hands were a thing of beauty!

[2501]

There's a reason why Floyd behaves the way he does outside of the ring. His style isn't exactly crowd pleasing so he has to find another avenue to draw consumers in. If Floyd had the same temperament as Ward, he would NOT be a house hold name. He wouldn't even be a mention as one of Pacquiao's opponents regardless of how much better a fighter he is than Manny.

[Migs]

Perhaps I'm one of the few, but I was totally impressed with how he handled Froch so dominantly. Forch was supposed to be the bigger stronger man and Ward was backing him up, pushing him all around the ring. What I was most impressed with was his inside fight game. I saw him do it against Green and other guys but I never really considered Green on the same level as anyone else in the tournament and to see Ward dominate on the inside was a thing of beauty. Working the inside is difficult but it's my personal favorite way to fight and I just admired how elusive he was able to be while being so effective in close quarters.

[Blubba]

usually i respect froch's honesty but i think this time he let the sour g****s get the better of him lol

ward was alot more exciting than froch was on that nite. all froch did was stare at the ref all nite, expecting him to break them up.

froch has no inside game, no real combination punches on the nite

and ward even claimed the centre of the ring all nite,. froch cant really complain.

[tredh]

There can be balance in the way you win. Boxing became a major professional sport because it was exciting. Tell me, what has happened to the sport since fighters began to take less risks?

The dumbing down of the world is the reason all aspects of boxing is not appreciated plain and simple. Fighters take less risks regardless of style(boring or exciting) is because no matter who they fight they still get paid a king's ransom. Why would fighters always fight the best if they can fight the 10th ranked fighter and get just about the same amount of money as they would fighting the #1 ranked fighter. That is what has happened to the sport of boxing.

[Weebler I]

People say the same things about Wladimir Klitschko and Floyd Mayweather. Their fights aren't always scintillating, but if nobody can beat them, what's the incentive to change? The pressure should be on their opponents to make them change.

Fame and fortune.

If you put on a good show more people will want to watch. Put on a boring show and no one will tune in next time.

[Blubba]

Perhaps I'm one of the few, but I was totally impressed with how he handled Froch so dominantly. Forch was supposed to be the bigger stronger man and Ward was backing him up, pushing him all around the ring. What I was most impressed with was his inside fight game. I saw him do it against Green and other guys but I never really considered Green on the same level as anyone else in the tournament and to see Ward dominate on the inside was a thing of beauty. Working the inside is difficult but it's my personal favorite way to fight and I just admired how elusive he was able to be while being so effective in close quarters.

i was impressed by how he managed to close the distance while keeping his distance away, then came in with his jab and connected all nite. that speed was impressive, dispite the reach advantage of froch,. ward made it negligable.

[Blubba]

although having said all this, we forget how slow the cobra is lol

more like carl the garden worm froch.